Write the answer of each of the following questions:
(i) What is the name of horizontal and the vertical lines drawn to determine the
position of any point in the Cartesian plane?
(ii) What is the name of each part of the plane formed by these two lines?
(iii) Write the name of the point where these two lines intersect.


To do:

We have to answer the given questions.

Solution:


(i) The horizontal line that is drawn to determine the position of any point in the Cartesian plane is called the X-axis.

The vertical line that is drawn to determine the position of any point in the Cartesian plane is called the Y-axis.

(ii) The name of each part of the plane formed by the X-axis and Y-axis is called a quadrant.

(iii) The point where the X-axis and Y-axis intersect is called the origin $O$.

Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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